Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide [Hardcover]

Delton T. Horn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1995

This book should explain how electronic alarm and security systems operate, how to properly install them, how to maintain them and how to troubleshoot and repair them when problems occur. The primary audience for this book consists of professional electronics technicians who are interested in the rapidly growing and profitable area of electronic security systems.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Tab Books (July 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070305285
• ISBN-13: 978-0070305281
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed, February 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide (Paperback)

I thought this title would prove ideal for me -- one with very little knowledge on the subject. Instead, I found the text long-winded, very repetitive, and filled with common-sense wisdom; e.g. "remind your customers to always lock their doors". I had hopes for detailed tips, do's/don't's, etc. for installation of security systems. However, I found mostly useless (to me) details on some internal workings of mechanisms and then countless, repeated anecdotes as similarly described. About the only value I believe I could obtain from this book is some troubleshooting tips. I now will have to spend more money on another book on the subject, *sigh*.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Promises a lot, delivers almost nothing, June 13, 2002

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J ROSENTHAL (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide (Paperback)

The publisher's comments the back of the book promise the world. In reality it delivers virtually nothing. I hoped for a detailed discussion on the pros and cons of various sensor types, recomendations on designing and installing an alarm and suggestions as to how thieves by-pass alarms and ways in which this can be minimized through design.
Instead the book delivered the most cursory description of sensors, devoting pages to magnetic reed switches and almost nothing to PIR's, which are probably the most common sensors used today. Most false alarms are caused by the incorrect placement of PIRs (facing them at drapes or heaters for instance) and this is not discussed. Instead the book's idea of fault finding is a few pages on tacing a broken wire.
I should have taken more note of other reviews recommending against this book.